The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-15 00:00:00

acte d al l - g ter „ wbot'er r- e of ,tee el 3 Clo ti ber. EfOr 'woad' ,V. bit! , .c 1 al' , - doiPb sines ° 0 0 ,t late 4 0 • • 4 3 , 5 2 s to 04 340 to there d 0 e , wly at j 'ati ( ' ybe 11 y verY ee P to i'lc A tV f were 1 ' 11 e l u „ o , it e, r 4' ; 440 Pc 3. 00 ole 6 ,1 d' o p do 8 r. 9 i j tic 3 cla‘ s 0 q r. , r -15 q CP '5 • 3 5° riPl 1 . JP . .10 3,' 5' • fe,w - JO' /' .13°';'3 ./- Jo i. --- '.l 6 °' ;31 , .I'°. 3 Feb' Jan' ;0 , Jan, 0 `•'• / 11 1 0. lt• • b, 11 • •feb. joiv itla trod sor° It o D tir i re ittot,e! l e 1 eras 00 g eP tileidd , fitiiv o io„lo tIY a r tio to! . e i 0 ; voP t re D e r „31 I , 1 4°11 ;re" s,Fcllitt" ,` ag e :, so,' is , 4 0 1 'Ol da ViC ° oo, 4 , 0 ° 411.1-, 4 0v 4 i, 1:1,t,01;te Pt ‘ ,l top o, ~t, r"`' ea t° Iticl eo lc for 601 3° )1" : 1 00 1 11'; t c , t, VIJIMITIME, CARPETS, BEDDING, and the kiPLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in adorn,pom s li regardless of amount or distance. First class (le s econd-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to frenitiTtnen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select Ever y dls PlaYed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. • ~,,.,ardcle warranted. liii(4,,IIGYYIEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR (. .".I. are r espectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and rq,Aree,, Publishing an entirely New Edition of their tm: ad niir 1 ' 3 , 1 HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illnstrated by4lo! I led4t! _.° engraving s of every description of Furniture and pe s t.,aus. with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and e ,,... !ree en application. This costly work also contains iz.a:lete estimates for furnishing on the following revised A Six -roomed Parsonage -An Bight -roomed ditto A. Ten -roomed ditto ........ A Twelv e 'r oleth -roomed ditto 194 Il 0 of , er With a ?rice List of purified Bedding, and a mass ejautable i nformationto all requiring'househ )1d furniture, b i g l ets, or beddinz References kindly permitted to Clerf.Ty ehiditeM gel itleinen in or near Great Malvern, Southampto_n, ell, !ter, Bury, Ey, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth. fainst;,"xford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. lEidder- Et . Ai,,,, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, Wuan'a. Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, i tein hain, ;Ind above 500 other places in all parts of Great COB B , brld ,1 7 and CO General House Furnishers, Deptford g.e, L ( I ', ° II 011, S, ..--____________________________ SITA.M from LONDON to NEW YORK tl,i n 4, ll , i e British and American Steam Navigation Company ;1)1 ") Will DFSPATCH one of the undermentioned i d Past sc r ,:' w ' ' l v York t ..., Steamers TWICE EACH MONTH for tolv,— Tons. Horse Power. W p " P...X . seo ..... Capt. GLOVER. Why' m Trigi, ....... 2, "0 ••• • • ' • Capt. Coucu. ". T - 7 ,-,.... 2,500 .... , PO ..... • Capt. t Fnoun. 49,r'y'0,;;; ....... 2,500 ...• • 500 - aP . HARRIS. Tlie fie " i k ..... 2,500 ..... 500 ..• ‘ apt. RN Ste nia g lli fiCent vessels are unsurpassed ban passengersarne: Vtetewtaer, and have accommodation for in , e t rait • th e verY comfort. The Line will commence early load i e exact date to be fixed in a latter announcement. Par ..—‘ the Victoria Docks. Alf efi lt eißiit or 1 --1,4 4 , 1 passage apply to the Company's Agents, rig' and Co., 70, Cornlull. A, 1.1v,L0-ITALIAN BANK ( LIMITEPI; ''AL ""e birectors of the INTERNATIO n N ot A ae L F Di i that NO iIit4,9CIF,TY (Limited), herebv I V .... ;ts in the above 4lk WiltileA re P ee l :l L eT t ire l r O s N A% -S MiDAY, the 16th instant. By order, 4, 01 /I WALTER A. MICHAEL, Secretary. . t, 4 -r oad-street, Jan. 14, 18r4. p • V i l 8.1 ? , I - tN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY - ll)itai (Limited). D eposit 4l ' °° t:i n ° €l , l° ea i ap ol i e , .oo hares or £lO eaek. With power io per share, i ci rs l t o lssue, 25, , oo Shares. The per of furthaelir callgisoanntailclioptamteedn.t, beyond which Chief Ofn . each Sharehnider is strictly limited to the a Mount of his Shares. '''.; e3 , -- , 3 , Pa II ment-street, London ; ' '' -Lungstrreeat, Manchester. 11 4.1 R f orrn sll tib -4 ., T. lIIIPBTI.II9rT°SB,I. • . M.P. for Re a Ma nnhes i tej: London ; and Ile Grange, m i stUn, near •eandlish . qlrer 8„ ', --B Cl.* ' 7 . P. (ex-Mayor of Sunderland), manufac r Weer' eriand, Seah Middlesborough, and Bishop ,,,it ei mouth, b urhini atr, o. llo e a il de , William lliamplon de Crespigny, Bart., Wyven -4,418 V, Essex ; and Champion Lodge, Surrey. Ot4ent, Itgle,.,Eul., Examiner and Taxing Shirley,aster toParlia strey-''ule Temple, London ; and S Croydon, 11, • EUller v A et lit‘ -, " B Cts 1 12, Piccadilly, London; and Stoke Poges, 1i 5 8, 1k4 1.°( !,! 1 , Esq MI) 1 Le e ymour-street, Portman- AQ tins, 1-onden"• a. nd ' ionHouse, Watford, Herts. ri t 4T lei l e' Rte lt r : E. ' 'Toward, Dk.C.L., Distributor of Stamps, 44011.eufron, andecrtar to the Dock Company, Bing -441,44 Letplisull Bessie, Yorkshire. : 0 7 . 1 144 ; 4 1riag, Manchester. ar . B t Peover Hall, Cheshire, Chair .ti*(t• lttontilee Cheshire Midland Railway Company. R. l i , cl ub, r; Esq., 9, Berkeley-street, Piccadilly ; and Carl -1,11,14,101ta,... ,?.: .411 e --°oecisle. Esq., Lincoln's-inn, London; and West 111 1 , 4111 .. jtent. ' h iPtti t - r: ' 4 4, J.P. (Alderman and ex-Mayor), Beechfield, ..o l ' Ittli,j",l3 B irmingham, Director of the Birmingham and 11 4 41 y 'pant 4 /de ' rice Rs ii Prince's-terrace, Prince's-gate, )1°44 lt%lltotidOn. ' 13 10 11 c11, - .; 4 e, EN , Messrs. Samuel Radcliffe and Sons, of peolielet, Oldham, and Rochdale. vddrill ateliff, F.S A., J.P. (Aldermen and . er-Mayor),. • (3:4tain°'3, Edgtaston, Birmingham, Director of the liotte ri ktni and Midland Bank. I,%4Zill,,teaactiliCr.E., agent to the Earl of Derby, Stand Hall, C-4"4,1114111E8q1, Registrar of the Chancery Court, Man- Wi th Power to add to their number. G ENERAL MANAGER. g able Arthur Scratchley, Esq., M.A. G 14 "'Iol l 111 ~ SOLICITORS. • -.' b rei rt p lr, r-sq., 40, Brown-street, Manchester. i . —Ec l , 1 4, Great Queen-street, Westminster. r I t. 1' 1 1 '414, 4 . Card en BROKERS. 1 1 :tri e , . and Son, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings, 8. Wi til ti ' 4 q., India-buildings, Manchester. It„ Th e s, t ' O 4 and Ingleby, Hull. llZttiri 4 l ,dchilp h BANKERS. ti ne t ,.. l 2gilat o :_ e _ocks, and Co., 40, Charing-cross, London. k atie at; 4 Eid Midland Bank, 17, onion-street, Bir- Ile stet!, te l . acd County Bank (Limited), York-street, „,,SCItETA.RY IN LONDON. ,oarles Rarding, Req., F.S.S. teItETA.ItY IN MANCHESTER. ri Bridges Row, Esq., 8.A. 1 111 1 , .....,...__ i''ti 'l lvi Th ' l '' AyIII,IIiDGFD PROSPECTUS. work in eon ii, 0 an ce 8 . 1 , ..,„0.11g• been Manchester, and • ° mence sitniP er atio 4 ° elety , i; extern, year 1842, will com '''°4 atil)111 established to Lnden Life , e4e, ,, , ti r i f l uai), ,, ,, j e t r i ltarrit., t n it y u s t en d hs i 2 “ed, wh ze and k ings. . ions already esta tantial advantag,es over other i Al m . - ose 44; -, ely-diffued cop (t-ri Workille,nalqe.reorli,:e and support have been secured. in completely organised and Di.311:1)201, I,,n"bester‘ and l 're 4” Sa"del., Withtqeireas. Y bra p ich oin o t ffi ed ce e s hi a ef t ' Bffiicremlingn-r-Lll4iotanini" pr-,,L pl,`YbaOutb; S hrewsbury, Bradford, and other "111%41 the7es.ad t ' l blißie atten,i4antaZea, the formation9fa large amount k i r ,; l li t r ljis r s wil l I`)l,With small andexEens%dthis Company 4 'Q o el2 411 tiers cOnll's rdasedr I tha e t lY t?ie t i a n u tere'sts of insurers, and h il l itrisk 0011tders, Will be best promoted byr t e d at a i n ~ e y tariff t t et: i .,?"ent 0 8 t °,,,1 merits, referencewithou!mde the deposit will alp r4 1,15. *nod ili fall, al,otarmgenetnbnemin..,er , b a of shares is already 'llstki4Deetn,,. 111,-Oect -ill'ae Ogeenn of application the °lkitorß. of the Company, of /7114------D /-, B s r h o a k re er s s, m an ay d b o e f Nu .4'tiN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY 111,1,,TtOti: . ( -4 1 .4 e ig IFREI3VinGtI.EVEN, That the LIST ~n,f, IC(hip, TION s ' 7.111 4 th . for L for SRA. ItES in this Companyand t CAult ondon, on SATURDAY, the 16th inst., t Y , °TI M ONDAY, the 18th inst. 4D.iikit'priTT, Ily Order. -St eteri ri Il SCATCRLFY, II A., General Manager. 11- dikes, 3, Parli ament4tieet, Louden, 4 17,p 4 -1 MED A L —INTERNATIONAL AN - e ls ,r,t, VARIBITION, 1862.' To the & CO., Wax Chandlers, •tc., &0., -- `e Ctnten and the P, ince of Wales. ti, l'll e 4. , (I n itro,„ , (Established 17?0.) ' l lati t ;,'s to .I: Report (Established Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, , , 1, A, d',k.ttnre'e eXcellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' 1,.' It-ei!ti44l-11 h I' A <,.44d eso..e_cliil).ignita7, in a letter addressed to Francis -,k 0 A ~,, ..?, the subject of r ("DLES' with PLATTED WICKS, t, 1 ,,h 1 .,., says :- 1 1 ' 4' Yoil „Qtind them fully Ito the recommendation 114 tile 'ni tve th ern, and el in my turn,7 cora brpt ti rta ,, ° Ulf: cler-ry tot : the use of the altar." 4 14 1 , t wi th, , Ir ,, glialit flatted Wicks, patented.. d. per lb I, l 'st TA:,GItI i 2 .„ • • .. .. .. Od. per lb. ,Nr,"4liv ''''' CANDLES with a Mixture of Wax. ~,I l lir- a l i ( hal t ,, • • , ' • • Is. sd. per lb. `trti' (c i l lalir i. y , ~ • • • :: :: • . Is. 3d. per lb. is id per lb. fn . L°14,1011 Orders of Five Pounds in value. „, I lt , _ on , t h '411404 AtLNCIS TUCKER AND CO., '1 , °II-street, g rosveno - -aq tare. Alanufactory— ar6est j,,,,llBington (Es tablish€ l 4l 173 , ). oi w ablish k rmt in England for the tanufacture 4 valldles for the use of the Altar. N°. 22,326. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. MURRAY. Just ready, in 3 vols., Dedicated to the Duchess of Athole, EL L A NORMAN On, A WOMAN'S PERILS. By ELIZABETH A. MURRAY. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. On January 21, In 2 vole , post Bvo., BELLA DONNA Or, The Cross before the Name. A Novel. By GILBERT PYCE. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MODERN STANDARD COOKERY BOOKS. FRANCATELLI'S COOK'S GUIDE. I,COO Recipes. 40 Illustrations. As. FRANCATELLI'S MODERN COOK. ],500 Recipes. 60 Illustrations. 12s. WHAT TO DO WITH THE COLD MUTTON. 29. 6d. EVERYBODY'S PUDDING BOOK. 2s. 6d. THE LADY'S DESSERT BO )K. 2s. 6d. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THE TRIALS OF THE ThEDGOLDS. The New Novel. by DUTTON COOK, Author of "Leo," may be now obtained at all the Libraries and Book sellers, in 3 volumes, post Bvo. London ; Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 14, Ludgate- MU. Now ready, leap., price is. M., cloth (postage 2d.), THE INNKEEPER'S LEGAL GUIDE : What he Must Do, What he May Do, and What he May Not Do. A Handy-Book to the Liabilites. limited and unlimited, of Inn-Keepers,A.lehouse-Keepers. Refreshment house Keepers, .1L o. With verbatim copies of the innkeeper's Limited Liability Act, the General Licensing Act, and Forms. By RICHARD T. TIDSWELL, Esq., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. London : Lockwood and Co., 7, Stat!oners' Hall-court. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME EACHEL CN " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published,' 1 41 . 80 OK OF B E A U T Y. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. (Id. H 0 X F OR D, R, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bishop; also. from LA FORZA DEL DESTINO—Verdi; by the fol lowing talented artistes ,—Misses 'Russell, Townley, Fitz- Henry, IN almsley, Tyrrell, and Elltson ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCIIALKENBACH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene. W. Randall,W. T. Critchfleld, T. Madigan, George Ffutchen son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire company, a new and original rantat I, entitled "King Christmas." written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. CANTERBURY HALL.—THE GHOST in the MAGIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing any of the Trans formation Scenes of the Season—one of the most beautiful effects ever produced. The scene, "The Tempest ;" Ariel, Miss E. Townley. The flight of Ariel through the Fairy Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.—Vide Public Press. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the Establehment as usual, including Operatic Selections, &a ; Comedy by Onsworth (the great Stump Orator), Eugene, W. Randall, a Hutchenson, J. Jester, T. Alaelagan, &c. Admission, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open every Evening. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.-FRANCONPS GRAND CIRQUE IMPERIAL, EVERY EVENING, at Half-past Seven ; Monday. Wednesday, and Saturday, at Two. " This troune is certainly one of the best we have had in England for some years. The Cirque Imperial may safely count on a long career of prosperity in London."—The Times. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Raker-street —Great Treat for the Juveniles during the Holidays.—The series of Models of the Kings of England, from the Conqueror to that of her present Majesty, attired in the magnificent costumes of their respective periods, is now near y complete ; and in the Chamber of Physiognomy are several new additions. Admission, is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market. NOTICE.—M. JITLLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS will be continued at the above elegant rooms. Admission ls. Conductor— M. JULLIEN. Solo Performers—Messrs. Mosca, Tyler, Horton, Snelling, Progratski, M'Kenney, Doors Open at 8, commence at half-past. Manager, M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards ot. 3,000 Models, Natural Pre parations, te. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One shilling (,tor Gentlemen only). SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. SHORTHAND. —PITMAN'S PHONOGRA- PlllO MANUAL. Free by poet, le. 6d. H OR THAN D.—"PITMAN'S PHONO GRAPEY forms an exceedingly efficient-probably the MOST efficient-system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland Hill. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. IT THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion. or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. 14d. snd 2s. :or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. PIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, 'Gs 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to cwt. barley or any meal. Delivered tree in Lon don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEARCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. nEAFNESS.-The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptib'e, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-uffiee Orders payable at Camber, well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. THE VINTAGE WINE COMPANY Supply the Public. at a small advance on wholesale prices, with every description of Wines and Spirits. Terms, Cash. THE VINTAGE COMID! SHERRY .. at ISs. per doz. THE VINTAGE CH A.3IPAGNE , 275. „ THE VINTAGE CLARET 1 11 THE VINTAGE PORT from 20s. ~ Medical and Clericil Testimonials, together with the Illus trated Vintage Almanac, containing full detailed Price List, post free on application. Four Dozen Wine sent Carriage Free. 14, Bloomsbury-street, 4 d:ors south of' New Oxford-street. TAE OLD-ESTABLISHED B ROMPTON GENERAL REGISTRY OFFICE FOR SERVANTS. (UNDER DISTINGUISHED rA.TRONAGE.) MRS. DONO VAN, 56, BROMPTON-ROAD. Families requiring Servants are respectfully sol'cited to apply, there being always a large supply on the books. Applications for Seevants during the past year, 1,760. Lists of Serva,•,its forwarded on application. Office Hours from 10 till 4 daily, Yearly subscribers of One Guinea supplied with every elas of SerTants free of extra charge. Upper Servants, Os. ; Under do., 2s. Od. BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom, Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be had only at Madame RACHEL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of theday, AGUA AMARELLA. Messrs. JO IIN GOS N ELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, winch gradually restates the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at why.t. ate. The Agua A maraa has none of the properties of dyes; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in halt bottles, 108. 6d. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals undoubted respecta bility, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre ,,ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. , cott, of Bromley, _Kent, will be found invaluable to all who :ufTer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind. 4,asma, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual :ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier )t the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera ton and oTateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. .old by W. Lambert, S, King I Villiam-street, Charing-cross. t,oncion, and by most druggists, in boxes o ls. lid., and three times rule gaantity in one, 2s. ltd. Be sure to ask for Dr. Seott's Mous and Liver fills. The genuine are a square g.ea‘n i;ackage, with " Witham Lambert," engraved on the stamp. . e r ; ' . , , ~e _ 4 7, ,/e , e ,‘ ' $. r 7 r e„/• e _,•Z. o‘ ,_- "/;:/' ' ' - • -- :;.--; ...4 The Crawley Court- , iiiat s _t_7 4 7l .-,... -- . 4 , ..x . ..-;4- f... , z..:=-4 - -z, . ~ . - . ; (t(4., 'a:7 •Q ' „ 1 6 I / . '"' •,, - ''' A ;;; . . ' 47%. ~, -______ ... are the rem tlii;* 4 ll:4-.34 - 4. :, - ~,e k0i 7 ,4"4" -- zos " 4-1(0-0 - ... . ~,,,...,...„, -... *: „., :„.- -,..... -..- ‘4,,,.. is ", -- A - -- - - . .1, ;.; ..,, 4 .--_ 2 - __....- t , i t , ,....10- 1 . ,,-. ....; ~, .. ~ ...... ir ' Marshal Co tqa:pdio-t;-tt, 1 ..-- mv.orig., • - :,,,,,-. 6-..,..,. , ~ . : : r $ 16 . , - , V- - -\ ~ fig:ar - - ice' ft ipm - ---.- .z/ , _. ...0 11 .... ,rt-martial he ii,..41a ,T 11 ',-. ;i- ; -,.' ~, AIi:V.«A 4' , _ ,-e - ''' 9 .3. ''' /1 . 4, ` i • .... N. IP -I. ' -,.. i - :,./ ,„,....... ..-. : , , _ 4 ...3.300 „ .... 70 , :,: l Atis.ollr, '--,..4, L , _.....mit zTh....._, - 41, 4 i IN ; 41. 4 0 -..i, C i ! ge se .: .. 4, _. ,0 - 4 ' i D VirigrA.i.4tit ' 4, ., , ., .br . iss PA... ' bßorr• iN.......i. illii, s A ,-.:- ~., , 4 4 0. , 1863, fort diet The following Highness the Field en the General Cou: the 17th November, Colonel T. K. Crawley, 6th Dragoons :1E a Horse Guards, Jan. 14, 1864. Afur a patient and protracted trial the court martial on Lieut.-Colonel Crawley has been brought to a close by the full and honourable acquittal of that officer. PR1CE...... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. depending upon the character and religious denominations of the inmates of their prisons; and if an interval were allowed for members to obtain accurate returns on the subject, he thought the convenience as well as the de corum of the Cou►t would 1)e much promoted. Mr. LAwniE said that although the question was disposed of at their last meeting, it was disposed of avowedly on the ground that they had not before them the statistics requi site to guide them to a right decision upon it. They knew, indeed, practically what the effect of those statistics would The Judoe - AdvocateGeneral has submitted to her Ma jesty to confirm and approve the proceedings, and the Field-Marshal Commending-in-Chi e f has recommended to her Majesty that the verdict of the Court should be now earned out. Limit.-Colonel Crawley will therefore resume the com mand of the 61 Inniskii ling Dragoons with the least pas sible delay, and his Royal Highness t rus t s t h at h o will prove by tact and judgment In the performance of his duties that he appreciates the importance of his position as a commanding officer, and that the painful experience of the past bus not been lost upon him. be ; but ttiey had not yet that information in en of leial and authentic shape. That deficiency Mr. Cox's resolution would supply, and it would hereafter be opon to him to found a further motion upon the returns. Mr. Turner's proposal to refer the main question to any section of the Court was very objectionable. Matters of detail might ve-y well be so referred; but that was a question, not of detail, but of principle, and as such it should be dealt wi h by the Court on their own responsibility. Would they or would they not recognise the principle of the Prison Ministers Bill ? He belicved they ultimately would. It was their bounden duty to do so. and if they did not they would virtually abrogate the act of Parliament as far as that county was concerned. (No.) That was his own individual opinion. The adoption or rejection of the act should be discussed, after fair notice, by the whole body of the magistrates, who ought not to shrink from pronouncing a decision upon it ; and, if they agreed to adopt it, then would be the time foe referring to the visiting justices points of detail as to salary, or the mode of giving effect to that decision. Under the second section of the act, the visiting justices had power to admit a Roman Catholic minister to the prisons if they thought fit. If, in a prison containing 1,800 prisons. s, they found 380 Protes tants, did anybody doubt that they would have a Protestant chaplain ? Then, on the principle of doing as they would be done by, it was their duty to have a Roman Catholic chaplain for the 380 prisoners of that faith at Coldbath fields. They were required to do it by the Act. (" No.") Practically, the Act was obligatory upon them. (" No ; it is discretionary.") No doubt it was an injunction left to their candour and honourable feeling by the Legislature, because the circumstances of particular districts were so various that one fired uniform rule could not be made uni versally binding. But the preamble of the Act expressly declared that the present system was defective and required amending and extending. They had no right, then, to set up their own opinion that the present practice was stAficient in opposition to the declared will of parliament. He did not deal with that as a religious question, but as a question of the respect due to an Act of Parliament. At the proper time he should vote for the appointment of a stated minister for the Roman Catholic prisoners. It was said that what they did for prisoners of that persuasion they must do for prisoners of all their denominations. No doubt, a single soul was infinitely precious, but the Legislature had made numbers the test in this matter; and, moreover, there were no such broad distinctions between Dissenters and the Church of England as made submission to the ministrations of the latter a sin on the part of the former, as was the case with Doman Catholics. Apprehensions of proselytism had been expressed, but it did not lie in their mouths to talk about proselytism when every one of the 330 Roman Catholic prisoners referred to was liable every day to be called upon by a Protestant chaplain, and might be compelled to receive his ministrations (" No I")—not, indeed, in the chapel, but in his cell. For it is only by a happy combination of temper, judg ment, and .discretion, united with firmness, that tho com mand of a feginient can be properly conducted, and the more difficult the elements wiih which. a commanding e fii. cer may have to deal the mere requisite is it for hire to pos. secs and exercise those qualifications for command. The Court has remarked on the animus displayed by Major Swinley in giving his evidence, and has further no ticed the evasive, hesitating, and unsatisfactory character of the evidence of Surgeon Turnbull and Lieutenant and Adjutant Fitzsimon. In the proceedings of the Mhow court martial both Ma jor Swinley and Surgeon Turnbull were similarly reflected upon. His Royal Highness was disposed on that occasion to give these officers a further trial, and did not remove them at that period from the Inniskilling Dragoons, but he feels that he cannot again treat them with a like leniency. Major Swinley has unfortunately not availed himself of the forbearance then shown to him. He bas not ceased to entertain feelings which strike at the root of all dis. cipline. His continuance in the 6th Dragoons crm therefore no logger be permitted, and he will be removed from the regi ment accordingly. Surgeon Turnbull, in like manner, has laic', himself open to the gravest censure. His conduct with re ference to the entries in the hospital records will become the subject of further inquiry, and should his explanations not prove satisfactory, most serious notice must necessa-ily be taken of his proceedings ; but, at all events, his continuance in the Inniskili.ing Dragoons has become impossible. Lieutenant and Adjutant Fitzsimon has by his replies and evasive answers proved himself utterly unfit for the post of adjutant, the duties of which he carried out in so unsatis factory a manner, as proved by his own evidence. It is farther most undesirable that he should continue in the 6th Dragoons. He therefore will likewise be removed from the regiment. The general tone and temper evinced by a portion of the officers et the Inniskilling Dragoons is most deplorable. When the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief issued his Memorandum on the Mhow court-martial he was not, as he is now, aware of the extent of ill-feeling which actually prevailed. Discipline cannot be maintained when such views are entertained by any portion of the officers of the regiment, and it greatly redounds to the credit of the corps generally that its efficiency did not suffer more by the insubordinate and defiant tone manifested by some of its leading mem bers. The sad and painful lesson which has been experimced by all will, it is hoped, not be forgotten by those who have escaped censure. Mr. Cox withdrew his motion in favour of the first para graph of the amendment, which then became the substantive motion, Mr. Turner consenting to limit his proposal for the present to a mere request for returns. Mr. HALSWELL thought there was a practical difficulty in the way of their agreeing to the resolution for returns. At the Westminster House of Correction, for example, he believed the particulars now asked for were not kept on re cord, and therefore could not be furnished. Mr, Sergeant PAYNE hoped it would be distinctly under stood that if the motion now proposed was agreed to the hands of the Court would not thereby be in any way tied when they came to discuss the question of principle here after. Without discipline an army is worse than useless, and, under all circumstances, it must, therefore, be maintained. His Royal Highness, having had a personal and inti mate knowledge of what the Inniskilling Dragoons were in former days, is most painfully impressed with the a t , ;red tone of the regiment in respect of too many of its officers which is now brought to his notice. Bad elements must have been introduced, which have tended to this lament able change in a corps second to none in former days, both as regards discipline and cadency. The Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief trusts that the decisive steps now taken may at once and for ever put a stop to similar practices, alike destructive to the intera's of the corps and to those of the individuals concerned. His Royal Highness cannot conelede these remarks without observing that he considers it due to the Comman der. in-Chief in India to state that, while ho is still of opi nion that the character for sobriety of Sergeant-Major Lilley up to the period of his arrest was supported by the evidence before the Court, statements were subsequently made to Sir H. Rose, borne out by the opinions of tae me dical officers of the regiment, which explain to the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief the grounds upon which that distinguished General effi3er made the observations on that portion of the case included in his remarks on the Mhow court martial. Mr. Turner's motion for returns was then agreed to nem. con., with the addition of words suggested by Mr. Stanford, to embrace the statistics of other denominations besides Etoman Catholics as far as they can be obtained. Mr. LAwRIE then gave notice that on next county day, if the returns now ordered were produced, ho intended to move that, having regard to the number of Roman Catholic prisoners within the three prisons in that county, it is expe dient to appoint for each of such prisons a minister of that church, at a reasonable renumeration, under the provisions of the Pam Ministers Act. Adjourned. By command of his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief. W. F. FOILSTER, Military Secretary. TRIAL OF ARMOUR PLATES. Denmark is following in the wake of the great Continental Powers, who, before commencing their armour-clads, have instituted competitive trials between the resistance offered by various plates of the same thickness manufactured in England and in France. The announcement made some time back that French plates were about to compete with. ours in the markets of Europe created a feeling among our man ufact arers which was at first one of astonish ment, and which became almost one of consternation when at a trial of some French plates at Portsmouth they gave some really remarkable results as re garded their powers cif resistance. How the French managed to produce such good plates as were then experimented upon is a mystery to this day; for, although since the unlooked for success of these few specimens they have regularly competed side by side with ours in various parts of Europe, their failure has been so rapid and so total as to drive them out. of the market almost as quickly as they had entered it. Nowhere were they more signally de feated than before the French officers at Vincennes, and since that time they have been efficialiy con demned in Russia, Holland, Sweden, England, and now, again, in Denmark. This last experiment was begun in the arsenal near Copenhagen on the 27th of last month. The trial lasted over several days and the results have just been made public. Five plates were experimented upon—namely, one from Gaudet and Co., Lyons ; one from the Lancefield Company, Glasgow; one from the Thames Ironworks, London ; one from Messrs. Rigby's works, Glas gow; and one from the Atlas works of Brown and Co., Sheffield. All the plates were of about the same size-15ft by 3,-}ft ; each was 41in thick, and backed to resemble the Warrior target, which is everywhere taken as the standard of resistance, upon 18in. of teak beams. The guns used were the usual 95ewt. 63-pounder naval ordnance, loaded with the full service charge of 161 b. After three shots at each plate those of Gandet and Co., the Lancefield works, and Thames Ironworks were so injured as to be de clared by the Commission to be unfit for farther competition. Messrs. Rigby's plate received four shots as close together as they could be aimed, and. Messrs. Brown and Co.'s five shots, similarly directed, in a small space, without either showing signs of crack and very little of yielding. The firing was resumed on the 4th of this month, when another 43 -inch plate of Messrs. Cammell and Co., of Shef field, was added to the list of competitors, and it was then determined by the Commission to continue the firing as nearly as possible upon the same spot on each plate till it was fairly destroyed. Messrs. Cammell's plate was the first of the three which yielded. Eight shots destroyed it, but both the seventh and the eighth carried away large pieces of the iron which had previously cracked. Messrs. Rigby's plate took seven shots in addition to what it had received on the first day before it was broken through, and the eighth shot carried a large piece of the plate through the backing. The firing at this plate, however, had, as it happened, been more concentrated than that against Cammell's. Messrs. Brown and Co.'s plate received nine shots, in a space of 60 inches by 30 inches. The " last straw" was the ninth shot, which cracked the plate severely, bat no part of it was broken, nor, comparatively sneaking, was the backing injured. The Danish Commission, therefore, declared the order of merit to be—Messrs. John Brown and Co., Sheffield, ficst ; Messrs. Rigby and Co., Glasgow, second; and Meesre. Cammell and Co., Sitetlieid, third. THE GREAT CLOCK —" It is a triumph of ingenuity." - Daily Telegraph, March 31, 18,12. Clocks by the first artists of the day for the drawing room, dining room, bed room. library, hall, staircase, bracket, carriage, church, turret, rail ways, warehouse, counting house, musical, and astronomical. Church and turret cl.cks specially est i ma t e d for. Denson's illustrated pamphlet on clocks (f ree by post for two stamps), with descriptions and prices, enables those who live in any part of the world to select a clock. Also a short p imphlet on catnedral and public clocks, free for one stam,.). Prize medal and honourable mention in classes 33 and 15. J. W. Benson, 33 and 34, Lu Tate -hill, London E•tablished 1711 Watch and clock maker by special warrant of , appointment to 11. i .ii. the Prince of Wales. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1864. WHERE JAN WE MEE r AFTER 'll - 1E PANTnIIIMES? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at E VANS', Covent-garden. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDUILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting. d Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, &0., is served daily tram 3 to 9 p.m., and on Sunday from 5 to half-past 8 p,m. JOHN CATES, "Tanager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. ATLANTIC and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in conformity with the terms on which the first Mortgage Bonds of the Pennsyl vania Section of this Railroad were issued, the following BONDS, viz.: 80 BONDS OF 1.000 DOLLARS EACH. 4 99 - 506, 804 1099 1366 1640 21 142 345 512 806 1101 1314 1681 29 189 382 514 960 1102 1453 1707 51 1 96 383 628 981 11 6 1455 1708 52 231 411 529 986 1107 1463 1737 55 232 412 531 1028 1122 1464 1833 83 235 449 584 1054 1154 1465 1834 84 257 450 624 1058 1205 1571 1833 90 187 151 721 1077 1208 1599 1836 93 292 472 745 1084 1301 1600 1851 24 BONDS OF 500 DOLLARS EACH, 2024 2122 2144 2185 2257 2309 2421 2472 9047 2127 2154 2221 2274 2398 2444 2493 2068 2140 2168 2247 2298 2420 2459 2573 80 BONDS OF 100 DOLLARS EACH. 2601 fe 707 2934 3147 3102 3546 4141 4356 2602 2725 2947 3202 3410 3574 4216 4359 2604 2733 2049 3203 3431 3820 4260 4362 2613 2751 2953 3273 3435 3.,95 4244 4363 2626 2771 2963 , 3280 3169 3 , 96 4266 4370 2637 2800 2570 3289 3475 39 2 4308 4461 2667 2809 2976 3336 3529 3913 4309 4520 2633 2536 2977 3318 3539 4006 4117 4563 2594 2876 3:45 3351 3540 4116 4323 4583 2704 2895 3146 3352 3545 4121 4329 4589 were this day publicly DRAWN at the London Tavern, in this city, in the presence of Thomas Hollis, Esq., secretary to the Company, by the undersigned public notary. Notice is also given that of the Bonds so drawn such as have been issued in London will be paid off at par on presentation at the Company's office, No. 2, Old Broad-street, KC., on and alter the Ist day of April next, in addition to the coupon due on that day, after which all interest will cease. _ . . _ _ London, Jan. 12, 1881. W. GRAIN, Notary Public. T HIRTY-FIRST REPORT of the UNION BANK OF LONDON. At a Half-yearly Meeting of the Proprietors, held at the Court-room of the Banking House, 2, Princes-street, Man sion House, on Wednesday, the 13th of January, 1864, P. NORTHALL LAURIE, Esq., Governor, in the Chair, the following REPORT was read by the Secretary : The Directors have the pleasure to report that the net profits for the Six Months ending the 31st December last, after payment of all charges (including the sum of £112,487 a. 10d. tor interest paid and due to customers on their cur rent and deposit accounts), and making ample provision for all bad and doubtful debts, amount to £114,323 14s. Bd., which, with £668 12s. Bd. brought forward from 30th June last, make together £114,092 7s. 4d. The Directors now declare a dividend of Hs. per share, clear of income tax, for the six months ending 31st Deoem bor last, amounting to £54,000, and leaving a balance of £69,992 7s. 4d. This state of the accounts induces the Directors to antici pate that which, in the ordinary course, they would have postponed until July next. in order that the proprietors may participate in the profits of the past six months at the earliest possible period ; they have, therefore, appropriated £60,000 of the profits of the past half year to the Reserved Fund ; and out of such Reserved Fund, thus increased to £170,000, they have appropriated £6 1 ,000 in adding £ll per share to the paid-up capital of the Company, which will thus be increased from £720,000 to £780,000. After deducting the sums applied in payment of the divi dend, and iu addition to the Re erved Fund, amountirg to gether to £114,00 there will remain a balance of £992 7s. 4d. for appropriation in July next. THE UNIO:i BANK OF LONDON. For the Half-Year ending 31st December, 1863. GENERAL BALANCE. DR. LIABILITIES. Capital—£lo per share paid up on 60,000 Shares £600,000 ~ £2 per share aided out of Reserved Profits 120,000 .f720,C00 0 0 Due by the Bank on Current Accounts. De posit Receipts (including interest accrued), and other obligations 16,472,278 13 7 Reserved Fund, invested in Consols, ss per Contra . 110,000 0 0 Rebate on Bills not due Balance at credit of Profit and Loss £17,444,354 5 1 ASSETS. Cash in the Bank —X741,644 8 8 „ in B tnk of England 779,686 13 7 „ lent at Call 972,000 0 0 £2,493,331 2 3 investments In Government Stock, Exche quer Bills, Debentures, dm 921,200 4 2 £118,460 19s. Rd. Consols (taken at 921) Re served Fund llO,OOO 0 0 Bank Premises consisting of Freehold Buildings in Princes-street, Mansion Howe -street, Argyle-place, and F leet street ; and Lease and Fixtures of No. 4, Palllnall East ... Loans, Bills Discounted, ,to. . _ 13,811,077 14 3 £17,414,384 5 1 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. DR. Amount of Dividend of 18a. per Share Appropriated to Reserved Fund 60,000 0 0 Balance, being Undivided Profit carried for ward to next half year 992 7 4 CR. £114,992 7 4 Profit unappropriated on 30th June 1.1863 .. £668 12 8 Amount of net profit of the half-year ending 3t at December, 1863, al ler dedunting all ex penses, and interest paid, and due .ZP.2,4 , 7 la. 10d.), allowed to customers on their cur rent and deposit accounts 114,323 14 8 £114,992 7 4 The Governor then declared a Dividend for the past Half year of 189. per shire. clear of income tax. Also the capitalisation of £60,00D of the Reserved Fund, by adding £1 per share to each of the 60,000 shares of the Com pany. It was Resolved unanimously— That the report now read be adopted, printed, and circu lated among the Proprietors. That the most cordial thanks of the Meeting be given to the Governor, the Deputy-Governor, and the Directors, for the able, efficient, and profitable manner in which they have conducted the affairs of the Bank during the past half-p ar. Thar the best thanks of th. Meeting be given to Mr. W. W. Scrimgeour, the General Manager, for the zeal and abi lity so long displayed by him in the discharge of his impor tant duties. That the thanks of the Meeting be given to Mr. Barton, the Manager; Mr. In2pcn, the Manager of the Regent-street Brawl' ; Mr. St. Barbe, the Manager of the Charing-cross Branch; Mr. Beattie, the Manager of the Temple-bar Branch; and to Mr. Newmarch. the Secretary, for the zealous and efficient manner in which they have discharged their several duties. (Signed) P. NORTHALL LAURIE, Governor. That the thanks of the Meeting be given to P. Northall Laurie, "k sq. , the Gover nor , f or hi s c o n d u ct i n th e c h a i r thi s day, (Signed) JAMES FARQUHAR, Deputy-Governor. Extracted from the Minutes. HENRY NEWMARCII, Secretary, N.B.—The Dividend will be payable on and after Wednes day, the 20th inst. Proprietors, desiring it, may exchange their present cer tificates for new ones expressing that £l3 per share have been paid. THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION. The following diplomatic correspondence has taken place between the British and Saxon Govern ments in reference to the Schleswig-Holstein ques- Lion : remarks, and after you have made yourself acquainted with the reply of Freiherr von Beust, will place me in a condi tion to report to my Government that you cannot but re cognise that the conduct of the Saxon Government has been entirely in accordance with honourable intentions.— Accept, 84c., (Signed) THE NEW PRISON MINISTERS ACT. At the January General Quarter Session of the Magis trates for the county of Middlesex, held at tho Clerkenwell Sessions•house yesterday, under the presidency of Mr. H. Powell, after some routine business had been despatched, Mr. E. W. Cox rose, pursuant to notice, to move:— " That the visiting justices of each prison be requested to inquire and report to the Court on the next county day the number of Roman Catholic prisoners that have passed through each prison during the last 12 months, the number of Roman Catholic prisoners then in each prison, and the number of Roman Catholic prisoners in each prison who have been visited by a priest during the preceding three months." He said that, in making this motion, it was necessary that he should explaiu why he brought it forward after the de cision which had been come to by the last Court. At that court a motion was submitted to them which rather took them by. surprise. For want of authentic information they were not prepared to pronounce an opinion on the question laid before them. He thought it desirable that they should approach the subject of the Prison Ministers Act with the facts necessary to a right judgment in their possession, and therefore he had given notice of a motion for obtaining from the visiting justices the statistical information referred to in his resolution. The Prison Ministers Act contained two important provisions, the first of which evidently contem plated that where there was a large number of prisoners differing from the Established Church, a minister of their own faith should be appointed and paid to attend them ; and the second contemplated the admission of such a minister to visit them, whether the requested it or not, in cases where the number of such prisoners was few, and where the expense of engaging a chaplain for them might not be justified. The real question to be considered in their county, as he took it, would arise under the first of those two provisions. The main question—viz., whether it was desirable to appoint a paid minister of any persuasion other than that of the Established Church—ought, however, to be deferred until they knew officially what was the precise number of Roman Catholic prisoners who passed through the gaols of Middlesex. When the proper time arrived, if the statistics for which he asked were such as he anticipated they would be, he would be prepared to state the reasons why he thought the Court should carry out the provisions of the Act. Another notice of motion on this subject had been given by Mr. Turner, the first part of which closely resembled his own, but it went on to suggest that the visit ing justices should also be asked to report their opinion as to the expediency of appointing a Roman Catholic chaplain in accordance with the new Aot. Now, he objected entirely to anything like an invitation of an expression of opinion from any section of the Court. Mr. Cox being here called to order for anticipating the discussion of a motion not yet re gularly before them, concluded by moving his resolution for returns. Mr. T. TURNER said it might be convenient if he now moved his resolution by way of amendment, instead of troubling the court with two discussions on the same sub ject. He was quite ready to adopt Mr. Cox's motion as far as it went, but he thought they ought to go further. Mr. Cox was opposed to inviting any expression of opinion from the visiting justices of their prisons; but it certainly had been usual, when any measure was suggested affecting the administration of any particular institution, to invite from those magistrates, who had special charge of that institu tion, not only a statement of those facts which were impor tant for the information of the Court, but also an expression of opinion resulting from their own experience and intimate knowledge of all the details of the case, Moreover, even when the Court had before them the opinion of the commit tee, they could throw it aside if they did not approve it; and certainly it could do no possible harm. His present motion was in substance the same as he had moved by way of amendment when that question was last before the Court. Some members might not be aware of the different alter natives which the Act presented for their consideration. They were not limited to the simple course of appointing a minister of the Roman Catholic persuasion to attend the prisoners of that Church in their houses of correction and paying him a salary. It was also competent for them to leave the visiting justices of each prison to exercise the per missive power vested in them by the Act of inviting, or not refusing, the voluntary services of any Roman Catholic priest who might offer them, reserving the matter of his remuneration for future consideration. Now, the Court refused, on the last county day, specially to appoint a Roman Catholic chaplain, but they still might adopt the second alternative be bad just mentioned, He was him self rather in favour of that course, much as bit by bit re form had been derided. Without, therefore, iwerfering with their previous decision the Court might accede to his motion, unless, indeed, they were perfectly satisfied with the working of the present system, and thought nothing at all should be done under the new Act. the Court would, ho believed, be slow entirely to disregard on that subject a decision of the Leislature concurred in by the leading men of all parties. But, not to rest his case on the deference due to the Legislature, reasonable as he thought that deference, let him remind them of one or two facts as to the state of Coldbath-fields Prison, with which, as chairman of the visiting justices, he was personally acquainted. There were upwards of 1,800 prisoners there at their last Friday's meeting, and of that number 380 were Roman Catholics. How many of those 380 would the Court suppose had been visited by a minister of their own persuasion during the preceding week ? Why, only eight and small as that number was, he believed it was twice the ordinary weekly average. There were not more, he believed, than four Roman Catholic prisoners per week who made a special request to see a minister of their own Church. Was that a satisfactory state of things What became of the remaining 372? Did they, through the magical effect of their incarceration, immediately become good members of the Church of England, and, by attending the prison chapel, renounce their connexion with their own creed? Nobody could conclude anything of the kind. The great mass of them passed through their prison life without any religious exercises whatever. Roman Catholic prisoners were now allowed to be visited by their priests, provided they specially requested it, but not otherwise. On what grounds was that permitted ? Not on the ground of fa vour due to good conduct, because, be the prisoner's con duct bad or good, his request was equally granted or equally refused, The ground was either that they would not deny him a right—the right of having religious ministration in conformity with his own faith—or else that they allowed it for purposes of reformation. If they granted it because nobody confined in a prison ahould be subjected to a religious disability from which he was exempt outside its walls, it surely ought to be extended to those who did not mike a special request equally with those who did. Moreover, if it was granted for purposes of reforma tion to those who made a special request, clearly those who made no such request required that reformatory in fluence most of all. (Hear.) On principle, then, the pre sent system could not be defended, and nobody acquainted with the state of crime in the country could regard its practical working as any more satisfactory. He trusted, therefore, that the Court would adopt his amendment, viz. : " That it be referred to the Committee of the Visiting Justices of the three county prisons to inquire and report to the Court what numbers of Roman Catholic prisoners have been committed to each prison (stating separately the numbers of adults and juveniles of each sex), during each of the three years ending respectively, Michaelmas, 1861, Michaelmas, 1862, and Michaelmas, 1863, and also what are the present numbers of such prisoners within the same pri sons respectively. And that such committee do report further whether, having regard to the numbers of the Roman Catholic prisoners within the aforesaid prisons respectively, and to the circumstances of each prison, it is in their opinion advisable that a minister of the Roman Catholic Church should be appointed by the Court, under the provisions of the Prison Ministers Act, 1863,' to attend on the prisoners belonging to that Church, at each or either of the prisons ; or whether it appears to them preferable for the Court to leave it to the visiting justices of each prison to act, if they think fit, upon the authority vested in them by the said act (in the event of no such nomination as aforesaid being made) to permit the visits of a Roman Catholic minister to pri soners belonging to that Church, without any special re• quest for such visits on the part of the prisoners themselves; or whether, lastly, they are of opinion that it will be fit and proper to leave the ministrations to Roman Catholic pri soners, in each or either of such prisons, on their present footing. And that such committee be requested, in the event of their recommending the nomination by the Court of ministers of the Roman Catholic Church to each or either of the said prisons, to state whether any and what annual or other sums ought, in their opinion, to be awarded to such ministers respectively in remuneration for their ser vices. And that the committee be requested to state to the Court the grounds upon which their recommendations or opinions upon the above points respectively shall have been founded." Mr. BAKER seconded the amendment. Lord EBURY thought that, instead of extending to the wide question opened by the amendment, the discussion ought, if possible, to be confined to Mr. Cox's simple pro • position—viz., that they should be furnished with fuller in formation. Very recently the Court came to a decision ad verse to the appointment of a Roman Catholic minister in accordance with the act of Parliament; and the avowed object of Mr. Turner's amendment was to induce them to reverse that decision. He sincerely hoped that that deci sion would be reversed; but the mode of attaining that end most congeaial to the Court would be by now limiting their action to a request for further information. Tho main question at issue was clearly one of proportion and degree, RIFLE CONFERENCE. The third and concluding meeting of this conference was held yesterday, and was well attended. Lieut.. Col. Halford (Leicestershire Wolunteers) presided, in place of the Duke of Wellington, who was prevented by an imperative engage ment from attending. Mr. Rigby, of the Dublin Rifle Club, read a paper upon the proper conditions of rifle matches. Mr. Melford, of Clifton, next read a paper upon the same subject, in which he condemned the proposal to handicap men as unjust and injurious. If all were brought down to a dead level of mediocrity, the final result would be left en tirely to chance, and a deterioration in the general quality of rifle shooting would follow the practical exclusion of the best men from matches. The handicapping of weapons, as the Enfield against the small bore, was also objectionable, if not impossible. Mr. Parsons (lion. Artillery Company) followed with a paper, in which he suggested an arrange ment of prizes into three classes for various degrees of skill in the competitors. Capt. Tyrrell deprecated handicapping of either men or weapons, but recommended that prizes should be less in amount and greater in number. As to the nature of the prizes he believed a majority of the competi tors would prefer hard cash, but the best plan would he to give either money or an object of equal value, as the win ner might elect. Mr. Thornby thought that handicapping would be a mistake. Capt. M'Gregor read a letter from Lord Ducie, in which an opinion was expressed that the small-bore weapon now used in matches was useless as a warlike weapon. Capt. 111‘Gregor proposed a scheme for dividing competitors at rifle matches into three classes, the National Rifle Association to give to certain prizes the cha racter of first or second class. In the course of the general discussion an unanimous opinion was expressed against any system of handicapping, although one gentleman suggested hat upon the ground of expediency, and to maintain the financial success of rifle meetings, some modification of the present system must be adopted. An increase in the num ber of prizes, and a diminution in their value, was also ad mitted to bo desirable, £3O being regarded as the highest sum that should be given at any ordinary meeting as one prize. The question of telescopic and aperture sights evoked much remark, and considerable diversity appeared to pre vail as to their relative merits, and to the propriety of their being used at all. Col. Rutley and Mr. Collette, of the Ist Middlesex Artillery, urged the claims of carbines as a match weapon, the latter gentleman stating that with his own ammunition the carbine made as good practice at short ranges as the Enfield. Captai n P age announced that the National Rifle Association intended giving a prize for carbine shooting at Wimbledon this year. The chairman having briefly summed up the results of the discussion, and congratulated those present upon the success of the confer ence, which he was sure would be of great benefit, the pro ceedings were then brought to a clo se b y a vote of thanks to the Council of King's College and the contributors of the various papers, THE CITY REMEMBRANCER, Yesterday, at 2 o'cloclz, a special Court of Common Coun cil was held at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding, to elect a Remembrancer for the City of London, in the place of Mr. Edward Tyrrell, who resigned the office, which is one of great antiquity, in the summer of last year, in consi deration of declining health and advanced age, after a ser vice in the corporation extending over half a century. Great interest was taken in the ceremony by the members of the corporation, the office being one of considerable emolument, and there being as many as 11 candidates. By a recent vote of the Common Council the salary, which until now has fluctuated in amount, and which of late years had averaged £2,003, was fixed at £1,500 a year, with an annual allow ance of £4OO besides for office expenses. The candidates, stating their names in alphabetical order, were Mr. Brandon Woodthorpe, of Mill-hill, Barnes-com mon, barrister, and Registrar of the Lord Mayor's Court— ' Mr. Henry Edwards Brown, of 8, Parliament-street,West minster, Parliamentary agent and solicitor—Mr. William Corrie, 20, Leicester-square, barrister, and magistrate at Bow-street police-court—Mr. James Crosby, 3, Church court, Old Jewry, solicitor—Mr. George Colwell Oke, Queen's-road, Peckham, assistant-clerk to the Lord Mayor —Mr. James Pearse Peachey, 3, New-square, Lincoln's inn, barrister—Mr. Henry Thomas Riley, M.A., 31, St. Peter's-square, Hammersmith, barrister—Mr. Samuel Spofforth, 12, Great George-street, Westminster, Parlia mentary agent and solicitor—Mr. Edward Walmisley, 26, Abingdon-street, Westminster, Parliamentary agent and solicitor—Mr. John R. L. Walmisley, 5, Victoria-street, Westminster, Parliamentary agent and solicitor—and Mr. John Samuel Wilde, 10, Sergeant's inn, Fleet-street, bar rister and Parliamentary draughtsman and conveyancer. On the motion of Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, seconded by Mr. KEARNS, the Court first reduced the 11 candidates to four by poll, then from four to two, and afterwards decided the election by a third poll, which, in pursuance of a standing order, was kept open one hour. By the first poll seven of the candidates were eliminated—namely, Mr. Brown, Mr. Oke, Mr. Peachey, Mr. Riley, Mr. Spofforth, Mr. Edward Walmisley, and Mr. John Walmisley, and the field of choice was narrowed to Mr. Corrie, who had 127 votes—Mr. Brandon, 111—Mr. Crosby, 84—and Mr. Wilde, 60. The second operation resulted in Mr. Crosby and Mr. Wilde being struck off. The oontest finally lay between Mr. Corrie and Mr. Brandon, who by the second poll had respectively 103 and 64 votes. At the close of the poll the Lord Mayor stated that 100 votes had been recorded for Mr. Corrie, and 57 for Mr. Brand On. He therefore declared the election to have fallen upon Mr. Corrie. The successful candidate did not enter into the competi tion until the eleventh hour. The Aldermen almost to a man voted for him, as did the great majority of the Common Council, and the result of the election appeared to give general satisfaction to the members of the Court. It may be mentioned as a coincidence that Mr. Corrie polled pre cisely the same number of votes (100) when a few years ago he was a candidate for the office of Judge of the Sheriffs' Court of the Corporation, and was defeated by a majority of one. Mr. Corrie was originally educated as a solicitor, but afterwards studied for the Bar, to which he was called by the Inner Temple in June, 1836. He practised for some years before committees of the Houses of Lords and Com mons, in the Common Law Courts, and in patent cases in the Court of Chancery. He was at one time Judge of the now defunct Palace Court, in respect of which office, on the abolition of the court, he was allowed a pension until he became a police magistrate, when he was obliged to re linquish it in consequence of holding an office under the Crown. Of late years he has been chiefly known as one of the stipendiary magistrates at the Bow-street Police -court. A NEW COMEDIETTA, by Mr. Troughton, is underlined at the Strand ; also A NEW FARCE by Mr. Hancock. No HOME complete without a WILCOX AND GIBBS' SEWING-MACHINE. Simple, compact, efficient, durable, and noiseless. Warranted to fulfil all the requirements of a perfect family machine. 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Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, No. 54,816. The Rev. James T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical reatment. In tins, 11b, 2s 9d ; 21b, 4s 6d ; 51b, Hs; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and CJ., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and all grocers and chemists in every town of the United Kingdom. EAAL RUSSELL TO C. A, MITURAY, ESQ. Foreign Office, Dec. 17. Sir,—Her Majesty's Government have heard with sur prise and pain the language which has been held in reference to the London Protocol of May, 1852. The Powers which signed that treaty, or eventually be came parties to it, must recollect that it was made binding not only on Denmark, tut also on Great Britain, France, Russia, and Sweden, wlio were parties to the treaty, and on all other States and Powers giving their consent or adhesion thereto, and that it was the expressed object and aim of that treaty, not to regulate the mutual relations between Den mark and Germany, but to serve as an essential agreement in the general interest of Europe. A violation of the engagement entered into by Denmark towards Germany, in the years 1851 and 1852, is an offence the reparation of which may be justly demanded. Such a violation, however, cannot 'result in rendering a solemn European treaty invalid towards other parties . to it The promises made by Denmark, in 1852, in reference to Schleswig and Holstein may have been for. Austria and Prussia the prevailing motive for their becoming parties to the Protocol of May, 1852, but if those powers do not re main faithful to their engagements, they cannot with a shade of justice adduce as ,excuse that they were deceived in their expectations rdative to the fulfilment by Denmark of obligations whit:llW been undertaken at a former period in other documents. The entiro basis of treaty arrangements in Europe would be overthrown, if such an excuse for the breach of a clear and simple treaty could be admitted. Any Sovoreign,when called upon to fulfil his engagements, might say, "My reason for withdrawal frolirruch a treaty was, that I had made another agreement with one of the parties •thereto. This other agreement has been violated; my treaty with you is, therefore, null and void." Her Majesty's Government is convinced that the Court of Dresden will understand that, if such a lineof agreement were admitted as valid, every existing treaty would become waste paper. I refrain from quoting cases in point, in which such a light and inconsiderate mode of interpreting treaties would prove seriously prejudicial to the German powers themselves. For the present, it may suffice her Majesty's Govern mat to declare that they would consider any departure from the succession Protocol of 1852, on the part of those Powers who had signed, or become parties to the said treaty, as wholly incompatible with good faith.--I have, ac., (Signed) RUSSELL. You are requested to leave a copy of this despatch with Baron von Benet. BARON VON BRUST TO CoUNT VITZIII34 SAXON MI- NISTER IN LONDON. Dresden, Dec. 29. just communicated to me a Count,—Mr. Murray hag despatch relating to the affAirs of the Duchies of Schleswig Holstein, of which I herewith subjoin a copy. It will be easy for you to point out that Earl Russell's despatch undertakes to establish an opinion in reference to the validity of the London Protocol of May 8, 1852, which was never entertained by the Royal Government; and I presume that her Britannia Majesty's Chief Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs will consider it abortive to enter into a discussion on such grounds. The Royal Government finds itself in presence of a question which has arisen in consequence of the demise of his Majesty Bing Frederick VII. of Denmark, and been brought forward in the Federal Diet, the organ of the German Confederation. The Am bassador of his deceased Majesty at the Diet presented his credentials to be recognised as the representative of King Christian IX. in his asserted capacity as Duke of Holstein and Lauenburg. At the same time the agnate claims of the Prince cf Augustenburg to the said duchies were submitted to the Federal Diet by the authorised Bavarian ambas sador. The Royal Government on its part will pursue no other course than that dictated by justice. Having at the Federal Diet voted in favour of measures which they considered es sential to ensure the complete carrying out of its resolutions it entered upon the study of the succession question, and will give its vote in accordance with the result of this exa tninati n. As Earl Russell has been pleased to call our attention to the protocol of May 8,1852, it may not be useless to make a few observations on that subject. The act in question, which was intended to establish a new line of succession in Denmark, has been approved and confirmed by the Danish Reichstag, but in order to make it valid, and applicable to the German Duchies, it was neces sary to obtain the consent of the representative of the agnate line of succession, then that of the States, and finally that of the German Federal Diet. Not one of these conditions hes been fulfilled. It is conse • qu3ntly unnecessary for the Diet, in ordor to dispute the validity of the treaty of May 8,1852, relative to the duchies, to take into consideration its complaints against Denmark for the violation during many years by that Power of the obligations she had undertaken towards Germany. When invited by the Powers signing the London proto • col to become a party thereto, the Royal Government did not withhold their consent—not participation—to a combi nation which, if Denmark had faithfully fulfilled her en gagements towards Germany, might have succeeded; for at that time there was a prospect of obtaining the consent of all parties concerned, which was indispensable to render the treaty effectual. An attempt was not even made to secure this participation, because it was clear that in face of the violation by the Danish Government of its obligations, it was impossible to arrive at such a result. In this manner the treaty was left incomplete, and inapplicable in an essen tial part. The Powers signing the treaty cannot surely, therefore, reproach the Federal Diet or its members. The Royal Government, as the British Cabinet will doubtless recollect, has already on a former occasion dis tinctly declared that it was not their intention to anticipate the resolutions which the Confederation, through the organ of the Federal Diet, might find it advisable to arrive at. The ease which was foreseea at that time has presented itself to-day, and the Royal Government make use of the liberty which they wisely reserved. I venture to hope that this explanation of the true state of affairs will give Earl Russell a just appreciation of our conduct, as his well-known Haase of right and justice leads us to expect. It is in fact enough to possess honourable in go that th e R oya l G overnment never therefrom, e egd ten th ye t u i eg o u n h s wt t oei will d a h c e a k pv n a er o ttwi the goodness, Count, to read this despatch to the Chief Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and leave with him a dopy of the game. (Signed) BBusT. The foregoing MS sent to Earl Russell by Count Vitzthum, accompanied by the following memo randum : COUNT VITZTHtM TO EARL RUSSELL. Hobart-place, Jan. 4. I wrote to your lordship this morning to request the honour of an interview, but as you will scarcely be able to see ree to-morrow before the Cabinet Council, at which I hear the Holstein question will be discussed, I take the liberty of sending you the subjein.ed copy of a despatch which reached me this morning. It is the reply of Baron von Beust to your lordship's despatch of the 17th December. As you will doubtless remember, we have never used the arguments combated by you in the document referred to, and have at all times maintained that the rights of the German Duchies are established on a strong and sure foun dation. One principal reason for not voting with the ma jority at the sitting of the Diet on the 7th December was owing, perhaps, to our having been unable to discover any formal connection bet Jaen the Danish obligations of 1851 and the treaties of 1852, although he did not wish to deny the existence of a moral connection. We have not said, and do not say, "The Treaty of 1852 is null and void so long as Denmark has not fulfilled her e ngagements of 1851." w say rather, merely—A treaty has been concluded in which certain arrangements for the future have been prepared. But the made arrangements ob being able to introducehasnot issue; eventg ay and r ightfully occurred. he is alsoich theKingd eaec Fredericas said treatyNveda to vil. i s cer t a i n l y d ecease d without tthe he German u t portion of his possessions the new h ereditar y succession which the signatories to the treaty of 1852 had in view, and which they would have been bound to maintaitihad th e a b ove-mentioned arrangements really thorough l y b een carried out. As this latter is not the case, the treaty of itself has not attained per fection on account of the non •accomplishment of three ma terial preliminary conditions. 1. The consent of the collective agnate s . 2. The consent of the estates of Schleswig and Holstein. 3. The consent of the German Confederation. German history affords an instance of striking similitude. I mean the so-called " Pragmatic Sanction." Karl VI , failing male issue, desired to alter the existing order of succession in favour of his daughter. He concluded treaties with all the principal Powers. Did these treaties satisfy him ? No. He held it for right and wise to lay the Prag matic Sanction before the Estates and Provincial Assemblies of his different territories, and they accepted it. The conse quence of this was, that when at a later period foreign Powers sought to rob Maria Theresa of certain portions of her inheritance the people rose to defend the rights of the Empress. " Had Frederick VII. acted in the present case with the same wis iota as Karl VI., and had the peep, of Schleswig and Holstein openly declared themselves in favour of Christian IX., as did the Austrians and Hungarians at that time for the Empress, are you of opinion that Gefreany would have stepped in an d questioned the legality of the succession which the Treaty of London sought to arrange ? 1 confidently hope your lordship will pardon these few kPE li 7;4'1 ) Vrz:f 04,; yHE C ONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). No. 4, ABCHURCH-LANE. 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